Railway

Railway

Relating to the infrastructure developed for the transport of trains.

Contributors in Railway

Railway

Rolling stock is said to be decommissioned when it is removed from service and removed from the inventory. It can then be reused as a service vehicle or even as a fixed store (in a depot, workshop, ...

ballast

Transportation; Railway

Bed of stone on which the railway track is built, thereby providing the necessary stability and drainage.

thunderbox

Transportation; Railway

Generic name translated from the German nickname to all axle cars with a characteristic silhouette and their footboard on both ends of the car, reminiscent of the cars in the TV series "The Wild, ...

departure signal

Transportation; Railway

Used by the guard to give the train driver manual authorisation to start; the guard gives the indication using a "Ready to start" bell signal.

bank

Transportation; Railway

Tantamount to running the gauntlet in the rail industry! Although a bank may only rise a few feet every thousand feet, the contact of steel on steel does not offer great traction when climbing. The ...

train operating company (TOC)

Transportation; Railway

Train operating company – running passenger or freight trains.

depot

Transportation; Railway

General term designating all the buildings to which the drivers report, irrespective of the administrative title given to the building, and all the stabling tracks for the traction units when not in ...